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A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024)

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Re: A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024)

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Post by tweetle_beetle »

euroderf wrote: post #188
autoexec wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure there's ever been more options for good shows that a parent can watch and genuinely enjoy with their kids. Try Avatar the Last Airbender/Legend of Korra, Hilda, Sarah & Duck, Adventure Time, Miraculous, The Dragon Prince, MLP Friendship is Magic, She-Ra and the Princess of Power, Samurai Jack, Gravity Falls, Ducktales (the new one, but the old one isn't bad either), Cleopatra in Space, Amphibia, Star vs.…

> I'd also recommend getting your hands on the cartoons you enjoyed as a kid. I grew up with WB Loony Tunes (and Tex Avery and Superchicken and Wacky Racers and...), and that style of animation looks positively ancient in comparison to the modern animation style - whatever you call it - rendered as sort-of-3D. For example, Paw Patrol. This actually worries me because I want my kid (currently 5yo) to have the benefit…

In my limited sample size, the new Roadrunner 3D cartoons get significantly fewer laughs than the hand drawn ones. The style is irrelevant to the humour, however there does seem to be a correlation between quantity of TNT and enjoyment - new ones have none.

Re: A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024)

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Post by osn9363739 »

pkdpic wrote: post #132
mdjt wrote: post #90

When I was a kid my favourite show was Mr Rogers. I get the sense that Bluey is the closest we have to that level of energy in a kids show these days. I don’t have children yet but I look after my niece after school and we watch Bluey now and again. Even Bluey completely absorbs her. I can wave my hands in front of her face and she doesn’t notice. I’d like to think that that wasn’t the case with me and Mr Rogers but…

Glad you drew this comparison. I have a 4yo who (TLDR) we didn't really push TV on and started reading on his own when he was two. Before he was born I put a lot of thought into what he would watch before he was born assuming it would be a huge necessity to address. I torrented Mr Rodgers and Reading Rainbow and Eureka (amazing old science cartoon if anyone's encountered it) and I even started writing a script that w…

My just turned 4yo - similar I guess. Zero screen time until he was 2. Knew his abcs by 1.5, but reading on his own around 3 and a bit. Now He gets 1 episode of something in the morning. 1 ep in the evening and that's it. Maybe a movie on the weekends. He can entertain himself well. Love books. Today I took him to the doctor, we had to wait and he just chilled and looked at a book. I've never given him my phone to watch something.

I don't know if it's him or genetics or the strictenss around screentime, but he is a pretty easy kid to deal with these days.

TV isn't all bad. Octonauts is cool. He knows so many sea creatures from that show. Creature Cases is another good one.

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Post by ARob109 »

ZeroGravitas wrote: post #68
drivebyhooting wrote: post #38

I’ve never let my kids watch cocomelon (or much screen time at all). But we do listen to cocomelon. It has some legitimately well done music IMO. For example “over the river and through the woods”.

I recommend the band They Might Be Giant's kids songs (some with great animated videos). Super catchy, fun and vaguely educational. Especially the albums Here come the 1, 2, 3s and Here Comes Science.

I regularly sing “I Never go to Work” and make new lyrics for to the tune.

My wife and I really enjoyed Caspar Baby Pants and Laurie Berkner for kids music.

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Post by snowwrestler »

IshKebab wrote: post #107
Fire-Dragon-DoL wrote: post #9

Well, I was horrified the first time I saw the Cocomelon and was unsettled as a dad. This article explains why. I need to check Bluey, we watched Miraculous, tales of Ladybug with our kids and enjoyed it (the plot is for adults). There is a whole bunch of "junk food" in both tv and videogames (those were you win no matter what). I'm hoping things get better.

Bluey is easily the best children's TV. I mean I'd barely class it as children's TV; it's good by adult standards. It's a bit annoying really because there isn't anything else like it at all. I would say the closest things are Pixar films which manage to appeal to adults and children. I'm not aware of any TV like that though. Apart from Bluey we're stuck with trash like Paw Patrol, Bing, Blippi, etc. There are a smal…

PBS Kids has excellent shows for little kids and is free. There is a website, Apple TV app, etc. I’m surprised by how little it seems to be known compared to commercial options like Netflix or Nick Jr.

Old episodes of Blues Clues are also great for little kids.

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Post by wholinator2 »

pkdpic wrote: post #132
mdjt wrote: post #90

When I was a kid my favourite show was Mr Rogers. I get the sense that Bluey is the closest we have to that level of energy in a kids show these days. I don’t have children yet but I look after my niece after school and we watch Bluey now and again. Even Bluey completely absorbs her. I can wave my hands in front of her face and she doesn’t notice. I’d like to think that that wasn’t the case with me and Mr Rogers but…

Glad you drew this comparison. I have a 4yo who (TLDR) we didn't really push TV on and started reading on his own when he was two. Before he was born I put a lot of thought into what he would watch before he was born assuming it would be a huge necessity to address. I torrented Mr Rodgers and Reading Rainbow and Eureka (amazing old science cartoon if anyone's encountered it) and I even started writing a script that w…

I never liked tv as a kid either. But youtube actually would destroy my life. Be careful with YouTube once they start seeking things. I also didn't really like to read but i just built things from the lego bin or my magnets. My family would watch a movie and I'd just go upstairs and dump out some bin of some things and start messing around. I did watch things from social pressure eventually and like i said, youtube will kill me someday, but it also has taught me so much. Anyways, fellow no-tv kid here

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Post by sota_pop »

te_chris wrote: post #77

So far we've managed to keep our 2 and a bit year old's tv diet to Bluey, Hey Duggee (a bit crack-y but he loves it and it is still crafted and quite tounge-cheek-funny), Trash Truck (a very calm, sedate one on Netflix, useful if you're travelling and can't get CBeebies) and Down on the Farm (a Cbeebies show where kids do stuff on a farm). Occasionally Kiri and Lou too. And some sports sometimes (football, rugby, cyc…

+1 for trash truck

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Post by Gucio »

jedberg wrote: post #180

> Bluey is created by an auteur with a unique and hilarious point of view on the world. Conversely, Cocomelon — which started on YouTube — is algorithmic slop that has been called “crack for kids” and is probably as educational as taping strobe lights to your child’s eyeballs. This line knocks it out of the park. I'm so glad that my kids never like Cocomelon, and still to this day, at age 7 and 10, like to watch Blue…

I'm curious about the unrealistic expectations set by Bluey's Dad. I did not find topic on r/daddit with a quick search. Could you expand on this ?

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Post by paleogizmo »

Cocomelon rightfully gets criticism, but this is an apples-to-oranges comparison. Bluey is a scripted animated show intended for older toddlers with parents as a secondary audience. Cocomelon is animated songs for younger toddlers with simple, conflict-free situations that do not provide examples of bad behavior. For a relevant comparison to Cocomelon, see the Ms. Rachel or Spanish-language Luli Pampin videos that provide similar content but without the negative aspects of targeting engagement metrics.

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Post by jedberg »

Gucio wrote: post #217
jedberg wrote: post #180

> Bluey is created by an auteur with a unique and hilarious point of view on the world. Conversely, Cocomelon — which started on YouTube — is algorithmic slop that has been called “crack for kids” and is probably as educational as taping strobe lights to your child’s eyeballs. This line knocks it out of the park. I'm so glad that my kids never like Cocomelon, and still to this day, at age 7 and 10, like to watch Blue…

I'm curious about the unrealistic expectations set by Bluey's Dad. I did not find topic on r/daddit with a quick search. Could you expand on this ?

It's mostly in the comments. People saying that their kids expect them to be ready to play at any time because Bluey's dad is ready to play at any time. And then not being able to live up to those expectations.

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Post by worthless-trash »

madcaptenor wrote: post #120
worthless-trash wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been in the bluey house. It is approximately 8600ft (800m sq). The work-life balance that the family has doesn't seem particularly odd when it comes to Australian households.

There's a real house?

https://www.airbnb.com.au/rooms/51279253?_set_bev_on_new_dom...

At one point you could stay in it on air bnb. I think it's been remodelled to a family home since that time.

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